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September 04, 2006
'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin Killed (Updated)
Topics: Human InterestUpdate: Jules Crittenden writes to remind us that Steve Irwin died doing what he loved.
Steve Irwin, the 44 year-old Australian naturalist and television personality has been killed by a stingray during a diving expedition filming a documentary in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef off the Australian coast:... Mr Irwin's manager John Stainton told the BBC the stingray's barb had pierced the personality's heart.Continue reading.... "He came over the top of a stingray and a barb, the stingray's barb went up and put a hole into his heart," he said.
... "We got him back within a couple of minutes to Croc 1, which is Steve's research vessel, and by 12 o'clock when the emergency crew arrived they pronounced him dead."
... Paramedics from Cairns rushed to the scene but were unable to save him.
... Mr Irwin was known for his television show The Crocodile Hunter and his work with native Australian wildlife.
The guy is going to be missed - I think I enjoyed watching his shows as much as my kids. Steve Irwin left behind a wife and two children, for whom we offer our sypathy and prayers on this very sad day in their lives.
Related: Farewell, Steve -- we hardly knew ye.
Posted by Richard at September 4, 2006 09:31 AM
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